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The First Prospectors
April 2002 by Dr. Ralph E. Pray
Who were the earliest prospectors in the Western Hemisphere? Is there any way to tell?Ask the Experts
Buying a turquoise claim
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• A place for mining equipment "on the cheap"?
Placer Channel Sampling
Sampling gold placers can be rewarding, but remember to treat the samples so you are not high grading or low grading your results. Learn the rules and apply them so your samples are accurate.
Horsetail Gold
The horsetail is a type of plant that grows in sandy soil usually very close to a water supply. Its uses are many as it has a high silica content that allegedly can be of some medicinal value, but its primary function during the gold rush days was for...
U.S. Admits Botching Indian Funds Accounts
...the government has acknowledged in court that it can't provide some account holders...with basic information about their money.
Melman on Gold & Silver
We have heard much “tough talk” through the years regarding reining in the regulatory excesses of government agencies in the past, but little action has followed those words. Perhaps we will finally see a genuine move away from excessive regulation.
Aussie Gold—A Look at Victoria
Although one of the smaller states in Australia, Victoria can lay claim to being the richest, especially in regards to large nuggets. An almost endless discovery of massive specimens highlighted the early years of gold mining here.
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